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The Body Holiday At Le SPORT Presents Its First-Ever Yoga Week


From January 11-18, 2004, The BodyHoliday at LeSPORT, St. Lucia, will present its first-ever yoga week.
The Ultimate Yoga Experience package features inspiration and instruction from two masters, with immersion in Kundalini and Ashtanga, and a full schedule of classes, lectures and other group sessions.

The cost of the package is $2,240 per person, based on double occupancy in a Luxury Ocean View room or Single Garden View room for the solo guest. Upgrades are available. There is a 30-person maximum.
Included is seven nights` accommodation; all meals and beverages; all classes, lectures and other group sessions; five spa treatments at The BodyHoliday`s award-winning facility; a group boat ride with snorkeling; an overnight excursion to a quiet beach for camping and a barbecue; resort taxes and gratuities. Plus, a special polo shirt; a BodyHoliday mat; group receptions; and program literature, including yoga and meditation instruction cards, recipe cards, a meditation tape and resort video.
Meditation sessions, walks and classes such as “Diamond Body,” “Stairway to Heaven - A Journey Through the Chakras,” “Fat Free Yoga,” “Ancient Remedies for Modern Maladies,” “Hot and Cool Vinyasa Cross-training Concepts” and others are components of the week`s program.
Also included in the Ultimate Yoga Experience and covered by The BodyHoliday`s daily rate is use of all resort facilities, including a wide variety of land and water sports, with instruction; scuba diving; unlimited golf greens fees on the nearby 18-hole Cap Estate course, with transfers; fitness classes; spa treatments; dining at a choice of the resort`s three restaurants; and nightly entertainment. Spa offerings include aromatherapy, massages, facials, Thalasso wraps and more. Holistic therapies, including Ayurveda, are available at an added cost.

Master Ravi Singh, who has 26 years` experience teaching and studying Kundalini, and Master Doug Swenson, with almost 30 years` practice in Ashtanga, lead the yoga sessions. 
Known as the “teachers` teacher,” Singh, who has numerous famous clients, trained more than 300 practicing Kundalini teachers and helped found centers in major US cities. He is based in New York City.
Swenson, a Canadian, has developed a unique approach to yoga incorporating influences from several different systems and has studied with many great teachers. He is the author of several books.
Often cited in major magazine polls and by tour operators as one of the world`s best spa resorts, The BodyHoliday at LeSPORT is the world`s first holiday to combine the pleasure of personalized rejuvenation with the opportunities to acquire skills and insights that will enhance the rest of a guest`s life.
The resort has 154 rooms and suites on 18 tropical acres and 300 yards of secluded Cariblue Beach at the northwest tip of St. Lucia.
For more information on the Ultimate Yoga Experience package and reservations, telephone SunSwept Resorts toll-free from the U.S. and Canada at (800) 544-2883; e-mail, [email protected]; visit the web site, www.thebodyholiday.com or www.spa-quest.com.
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